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John Dykstra(I)

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  • Producer
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John Dykstra
John Dykstra was born on 3 June 1947 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is a producer, known for Spider-Man 2 (2004), Lifeforce (1985) and Spider-Man (2002). He is married to Catherine Louise Mccune. They have one child.
BornJune 3, 1947
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BornJune 3, 1947
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    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 14 wins & 21 nominations total

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    Known for

    Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, and Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 (2004)
    Spider-Man 2
    7.5
    • Visual Effects
    • 2004
    Lifeforce (1985)
    Lifeforce
    6.1
    • Visual Effects
    • 1985
    Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man (2002)
    Spider-Man
    7.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2002
    Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    8.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 1977

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Samuel L. Jackson, Catherine O'Hara, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, John Cena, Chip, Ariana DeBose, and Dua Lipa in Argylle (2024)
      Argylle
      5.6
      • Visual Effects Consultant
      • 2024
    • Warden Wayne, Max Fox, Sean Thomas Reid, Moriah Brooklyn, and Tuyen Powell in Spider-Man: Lotus (2023)
      Spider-Man: Lotus
      3.1
      • production visual effects supervisor
      • 2023
    • Robert Downey Jr., Emma Thompson, Marion Cotillard, Octavia Spencer, John Cena, Selena Gomez, Rami Malek, Kumail Nanjiani, and Tom Holland in Dolittle (2020)
      Dolittle
      5.6
      • production visual effects supervisor
      • 2020
    • Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
      X-Men: Dark Phoenix
      5.7
      • production visual effects consultant
      • 2019
    • Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, Quentin Tarantino, Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Damon Herriman, Timothy Olyphant, Harley Quinn Smith, Kansas Bowling, Madisen Beaty, Mike Moh, Josephine Valentina Clark, Sydney Sweeney, Michaela Sprague, Margot Robbie, Kayla Radomski, Ryan Ramirez, Margaret Qualley, and Julia Butters in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
      Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
      7.6
      • production visual effects designer
      • 2019
    • Zachary Levi in Shazam! (2019)
      Shazam!
      7.0
      • additional visual effects supervisor: MPC
      • 2019
    • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
      Ghost in the Shell
      6.3
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2017
    • Kong: Skull Island (2017)
      Kong: Skull Island
      6.7
      • additional visual effects supervisor
      • 2017
    • Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Evan Peters, Olivia Munn, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, and Ben Hardy in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
      X-Men: Apocalypse
      6.8
      • production visual effects designer
      • 2016
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Demián Bichir, and Walton Goggins in The Hateful Eight (2015)
      The Hateful Eight
      7.8
      • production visual effects designer
      • 2015
    • Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, and Alicia Vikander in Seventh Son (2014)
      Seventh Son
      5.5
      • production visual effects supervisor
      • visual effects designer
      • 2014
    • Godzilla (2014)
      Godzilla
      6.4
      • additional visual effects designer
      • 2014
    • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)
      Django Unchained
      8.5
      • visual effects designer
      • 2012
    • Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Lucas Till, Jennifer Lawrence, and Zoë Kravitz in X-Men: First Class (2011)
      X-Men: First Class
      7.7
      • visual effects production designer
      • 2011
    • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
      Inglourious Basterds
      8.4
      • visual effects designer
      • 2009

    Producer



    • Noah Hathaway, Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Maren Jensen, and Laurette Spang in Battlestar Galactica (1978)
      Battlestar Galactica
      7.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1978
    • Battlestar Galactica (1978)
      Battlestar Galactica
      6.8
      • producer
      • 1978

    Special Effects



    • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
      CBS Summer Playhouse
      6.4
      TV Series
      • special effects creative consultant
      • 1989
    • Jade Calegory in Mac and Me (1988)
      Mac and Me
      3.4
      • special visual effects: Apogee
      • 1988

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • John C. Dykstra
    • Height
      • 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
    • Born
      • June 3, 1947
      • Long Beach, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Catherine Louise Mccune? - present (1 child)
    • Children
      • Chloe Frances Dykstra
    • Parents
        John Dale Dykstra
    • Relatives
        Janet Lee Dykstra(Sibling)
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      • 1 Interview

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    • Trivia
      For Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) he designed and built the first computer-controlled motion control system. This system was dubbed the "Dykstraflex."
    • Quotes
      [on becoming a producer on Battlestar Galactica (1978)] It all boils down to who actually does the work, because the titles don't really mean a thing, other than that you can drive your car on the lot, because the producers can drive and everybody else has to have a Teamster.

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